Acer 5735Z performance help

Hi guys,

Just purchased a 5735Z and I know it's not going to be the most powerful machine when it comes to games, but i've found its performance dismal in even some of the older games.

I've been playing quakelive a bit lately, but I can't run it past 800x600 without major lag, and fullscreen is unplayable even at 640x480. I installed Sims 2 just to test out an older game and that is running at about 15-20fps max at lowest detail.

I've tried updating the drivers, and I have the latest chipset and graphics ones. Do you think installing XP would help performance? Also what about using a 64bit operating system - is the T4200 a 64bit chip and would that help at all?

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

 

What GPU do you have. If it's an intel one, it will be integrated, which would probably explain the issues you are having

 

It's only a 4500MHD integrated which is pretty crappy and won't play the latest games, but from benchmarks i've seen around it really seems to be underperforming even in the older games.

For example i've seen benchmarks in Quake3 where this chipset can reach 100+ fps, yet I can't get anywhere near that in Quakelive at lower resolutions.

 

Every game haves internal settings , about quality and filters .

Plus , search for official game patches , some times they do help also.